Turns Out Tinder Has a Secret ‘Select’ Version of Its App for an Elite Invite-Only Crowd

If you’re a Tinder user who has repeatedly found yourself disappointed with the dating pool on the app, there might be hope for you yet. That is, if you can get an invite into Tinder Select, an elite version of the dating app discovered by Tech Crunch earlier today. Tinder Select has reportedly been around for six months and users were quietly invited by Tinder to join.

It appears that Tinder has invited people to the platform, some of whom have the ability to ‘nominate’ others. But those who were nominated can’t nominate anyone else, which prevents the members-only layer of the app from spreading uncontrollably. It’s unclear exactly how Tinder decides who gets invited and who doesn’t, but the common thread among those on the Select app is that they’re generally attractive and relatively high-profile.